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Book Review - God is a Gamer

I really admire the writing style of Ravi Subramanian and his book Devil in Pinstripes is one of my favorite books. His latest book God is a Gamer is another stupendous work of writing enthralling its readers all the way. The writer takes us across the globe, New York, Goa, New Delhi each destination raising the pitch of suspense and mystery. The financial angle common to all his books is present in this one too. It starts off with heads of two multi billion companies, Joseph Saunders and Vijay Banga meeting up. What's so unusual about them meeting up? Well, Vijay is the head of Master Card and Joseph head of Visa. Two intense rivals vying for that same share of the market. But circumstances force them to meet up, circumstances that could prove very bad for both of them and thier companies.It isin this phase that they take a decision. And m The story revolves around Aditya Rao,a former banker and Varun who happens to be his son. One runs a gambling firm which is suffering losse...

Entangled Lives - Chapter 29 - #CelebrateBlogging

Hi, guys, We, the team Potliwale Baba, are writing a fictional story as a part of #CelebrateBlogging – Game of Blogs. Read the previous posts here: Round 1: Chapter  #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 Round 2: Chapter  #11 | #12 | #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 Round 3: Chapter  #21 | #22 | #23 | #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28| “Chaila!! This doesn’t make any sense. None of the evidence is strong enough to grill the bastard. I know he’s done it. I have years of experience I know a guilty when I see one. Bloody Virus.” Java was walking up and down in corridor thinking to himself inside MICD Police Station, Andheri (E) The devil inside spoke again, “Java kaaye kartos tumi.. cheeh . Come on, use the old trick, squeeze the weasel, and scare the rat out of the hole.” Everyone knew Java only cared about his promotion. He could have been the brilliant investigative officer but corruption in the department and his taste for promotio...